A group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers is considering whether the government can launch a project to salvage wreckage from the World War II battleship Yamato from the bottom of the East China Sea. The lawmakers are also considering collecting the remains of the ...

The U.S. State Department refrained Wednesday from commenting in detail on a fresh dispute between Japan and China over their agreed joint project of exploring gas fields in the East China Sea. “We’re not going to take a position on competing claims,” the department’s ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday that Japan has been protesting China’s construction of new gas field development facilities in the East China Sea since June 2013. “We have repeatedly protested against China’s unilateral gas development and have urged China to stop it,” ...

Money and power are combining to create a tentative thaw in the relationship between Asia’s two biggest economies. After more than two years of tensions, Chinese President Xi Jinping is making a careful rapprochement with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has long called for ...

The Philippines said Thursday it wants to acquire defence equipment from Japan, as the two allies strengthen defence ties in the face of China’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea. Manila was particularly keen on the P-3C Orion surveillance plane flown by Japanese ...

Japan and the Philippines flew patrol planes near disputed waters in the South China Sea for a second straight day on Wednesday, defying Chinese warnings. A Japanese P-3C Orion and a Philippine Navy BN-2 Islander carried out a search and rescue drill 50 nautical ...

Japan and the Philippines flew patrol planes near disputed waters in the South China Sea for a second straight day on Wednesday, defying Chinese warnings. A Japanese P-3C Orion and a Philippine navy BN-2 Islander carried out a search and rescue drill 50 nautical ...

A group of residents has filed for a court injunction to block the Defense Ministry from deploying Self-Defense Forces personnel to the remote southwestern island of Yonaguni. The petition, filed Monday by 30 people with the Ishigaki branch of the Naha District Court in ...

The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Wednesday that major land reclamation by China at outposts in the South China Sea could allow it to exert more influence over the contested area and deploy military assets such as long-range radar and advanced ...

China’s air force has carried out its first military drill over the Western Pacific Ocean, state media said, highlighting Beijing’s growing military reach. Several aircraft from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday flew over the ocean via the Bashi Channel, which runs between ...